Tag: Dragon King
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DragonKingKarl Show: Mailbag! WrestleMania 8, Sid Justice, Hulk Hogan
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Mailbag question and answer part two. Second show of the week. On this show, host wrestling historian Karl Stern, answers more questions and addresses topics on old school classic pro wrestling history and more including: WWF WrestleMania 8 and the two botched finishes on the show and the return of the…
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DragonKingKarl Show: Paul Heyman hypocrisy, mailbag, wrestling history
Photo of Mike Jackson selling his “broken shoulder” by Karl Stern This is the first of two mailbag heavy shows with a broad range of questions and topics. Email your questions for the next mailbag show now! On this show, topics and questions include: – Undisputed world heavyweight champions including champions from the past such as…
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DragonKingKarl Show: Wrestling demographics, Strong Style troubles, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, more!
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Today’s show is a mailbag show with topics and questions including Shane McMahon’s return to WWE and some interesting scenarios it could set up that might appeal to the largest demographic watching WWE and more about the demographics of WWE and observations. Other mailbag questions and topics include womens wrestling including a look…
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Dragon King Dark – Episode 007 – Music for the mind
DragonKing Dark – Episode 007 – Music for the Mind! On this episode Karl Stern talks about music that fits the supernatural, occult, science fiction, and mysterious! Included in the discussion are Pink Floyd, Rush, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Deep Purple, Dio, Led Zeppelin, and many more! Music has long been used to invoke imagery…
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DragonKingKarl Show: The death of Mark Nulty, pro wrestling historians, Canadian Wrestling
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Thinking About Mark Nulty and Classic Wrestling History. On this show I want to take a little time and reflect on the contributions of Wrestling Classics owner and former announcer Mark Nulty to the wrestling history community and just where does pro wrestling history stand? What are we still following…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Q&A, NWA belt, evolution of the pin, Black History Month
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Questions and Answers plus honoring Black History Month by looking at the pioneers of African Americans in pro wrestling. Questions from this edition of the mailbag include pinfall changes from one second to three and how that may have evolved, the make up of the NWA Domed Globe belt and…
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DragonKingKarl Biography Series Radio Show – Mongolian Stomper
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Biography Series – The Mongolian Stomper. I wanted to dedicate an entire biography show to the late Archie “The Mongolian Stomper” Gouldie. He was my first favorite heel character when I started watching wrestling. Normally, I would not expect a lot to be made of the Stomper’s death other than a…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Iron Mike Sharpe, origins of kayfabe, and more!
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show – Questions and Answers! The return of the popular questions and answers format. Topics and questions today deal with a variety of things but I have to start off with the death of “Iron” Mike Sharpe. If you grew up watching WWF in the 1980’s like I did then you…
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DragonKingKarl Biography Series Radio Show – Gene Kiniski
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Biography Series: Gene Kiniski. Gene “Big Thunder” Kiniski was one of the most important champions in pro wrestling history. He bridged the gap between two distinct eras of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and he was the face of the 1960’s in pro wrestling. An AWA, WWA, NWA, and Montreal World…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Q & A
The first DragonKingKarl Show of 2016 is a question and answer show so the good DragonKingKarl can clear out some email questions to get the year started off right! Several of them deal with off-topic discussions from recent shows including the ever controversial Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Not only that but there is even…
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Dragon King Karl Audio: Lizmark, Star Wars spoilers, a little rock’n’roll
This week’s show is a change of pace to wrap up 2015 with the only wrestling talk being the death of luchadore Lizmark who was a major career rival of Karl’s mentor in pro wrestling, the late Ken Timbs. Timbs and Lizmark had a big feud in CMLL in the late 1980s over one of the major…
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Dragon King Karl Classic Wrestling Audio: WWE Network’s new additions examined
On this week’s show, the conversation is about all the new classic, old-school wrestling shows which have been added lately to the WWE Network. Finally taking advantage of their incredible tape library, WWE has finally added a sizeable amount of classic content to the online network. Included among the newly added material is NWA World Championship…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Your holiday season wrestling gift buying guide!
On this special family-friendly edition of the Karl Stern Show, the Dragon King (and his wife!) talk about buying gifts for the wrestling fan in your life this holiday season. It can be intimidating for a non-fan to buy gifts for a wrestling fan, so Karl’s wife sits down with him to talk about what she looks for,…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio: Bruiser Brody biography special
On the latest episode of the DragonKing Classic Wrestling Show, host Karl Stern bring you the latest in a series of wrestler biographies. This week, Karl takes a look at the incredibly popular, mythical, and controversial “Intelligent Monster” Frank “Bruiser Brody” Goodish. Brody was a wild bearded powerhouse who ran roughshod through the United States, Japan, and Puerto…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Biography Special: Abdullah the Butcher
This show is part two of a series of biographies on some of the wild and craziest wrestlers in history. Very few were more wild and crazy than the Madman from the Sudan, Abdullah the Butcher. The WWE Hall-of-Famer’s story is a complicated one. From his days to team with and battling against The Sheik to…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Biography Series: Stan Hansen
Biography Series: Stan Hansen. This part one of a three part series covering some of the greatest brawlers in wrestling history. On this show I look at former AWA World champion, WCW U.S. Champion, and one of the all time legends of Japan – Stan “The Lariat” Hansen.
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Biography Series: The Midnight Express
One of the greatest tag teams of all time the Hall of Fame team the Midnight Express. From beginning to end including some members you may have never even known about including Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, Norvell Austin, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, and many more (yes there were more). A look at one of wrestling’s greatest acts…
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Karl Stern Show 10/22: Storytelling series on the monsters of pro-wrestling history!
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Storytelling Series: The Monsters of Wrestling! Halloween is coming soon and in honor of it I’m looking at some of the best and worst horror and monster themed wrestlers including Mummies, Zombies, Vampires, Frankenstein-esque Monsters, and more! Among those discussed include The Mummy, The Monster, The Zombie, Lord Humongous, Jason…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show Biography Series: Huracán Ramírez
He’s on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot and one of the most popular moves of the high flying era is named after him. He was literally a movie character come to life. On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic show, I take a look at lucha libre legend Huracán Ramírez, who he was, and what…
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DragonKing Karl Stern Show 10/8: All mailbag show!
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Today’s show is a question and answer show with a variety of topics including pro wrestling’s history on the radio, who could have been the “Hulk Hogan” of the 1970’s had a promotion gone national, a new top contender for the Forrest Gump of wrestling, and a great question about Frank…